Wednesday, July 11, 2012

If passed, an amendment in the Agricultural Appropriations Bill will
not just allow, but require the secretary of agriculture to grant
permits for planting or cultivating GM crops – even if a federal court
has given an injunction against it.

Basically, all Monsanto and other biotech companies have to do is ask
and the industry gets its way. Issues like crop contamination, damage
to farmers or consumers, courts orders or USDA studies all go out the
window and the biotech industry cashes in.

Organizations like Food Democracy Now are in a panic, calling all to petition against the bill, which they say “fundamentally
undermines the concept of judicial review and would strip judges of
their constitutional mandate to protect consumer rights and the
environment, while opening up the floodgates for the planting of new
untested genetically engineered crops, endangering farmers, consumers
and the environment.”.... MORE